O'Dea drug charges dropped

Former Central Cycle owner O'Dea pleads no contest to a defaced firearm charge

1:29 AM,
Aug. 16, 2013

Daniel Patrick O'Dea sits in the Baxter County Court complex on Thursday. The woman is unidentified. Prosecutor Ron Kincade dropped all charges against Daniel Patrick O'Dea, except possession of a defaced firearm. O'Dea was charged in October 2012 with delivery of methamphetamine and furnishing prohibited articles into Baxter County Detention Center.

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In a quick hearing Thursday, Baxter County Prosecuting Attorney Ron Kincade announced the state was dropping the majority of charges, including all the drug charges brought against Daniel Patrick O'Dea. O'Dea pleaded no contest to possession of a defaced firearm and was given a three-year suspended sentence by Circuit Court Judge Gordon Webb.

The sentence, according to Kincade, is similar to unsupervised probation. The 51-year-old O'Dea, should he follow the rules set forth by the court, can petition to have his record expunged.